The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-08-28
he Metropoli,nn Muscun would buy 1t. N.

tho Netronoiiinn Muscnm would buy Il. N
| Guuril hciuc,, heal his Donniello Ia th'
| Lnnrv. where II nav stan,is IN III. new l'e
/ nHissAncr rnm, tOgei her VIII u marble Hr,ui
Of the Virgin AMI Child an,l two Angels. Italian
work u the fourteenth century likewise W.,
| inps.trirs oi Tie fnernih and sixteenth zen
tuf,,s. e.,ecnly twu. Florni,h tapestries. WIS,
and an" H iSa sir.Ii""f h @s aA %a 1
pr'Aerrc'i and exquisite ~ tono; iiuf These
twn talrstri'H u" lnniur iiaVro IN the collec'
iii Il , hoy , wSr" Of ls Goe, ManoIas
tory. N"Xt r"mcml~r two Persian velvet ear.
pets wnlch cain, from the sultan tr'nsury y,
GS" g." , aud whir, wcrG rMr,i"nlnrly
a@sul..I 10 "H i" Go siin- M"Ssup;. ~
NJ @%r,"S ha s'i /" To- sr'irI' % AMI Tor whs, 10
w",'l'l gladly accept u million franret There
r r,,r r.. a ,nnsS 81 mi"cilnn""n. carrots,
lion r"r tho iniyri'r III " ,ich II ila- prrn nr:
IT, y"ys T S"io Nun, a I'd ds n OH, "l "
NAL. In ,l.i- mnss i miscellaneous nj clrs
thri" ARE SIN some nOtibo objects. ~. Tor IN.
tho Chateau Il" M"n,nl tie i. a."iul nrhi.
TEXTURE 81 which l. h"g"ra'o'l with n.nutchcons
81 ".y % In" s.n Il Il" S @si ss s ,sr
isa saint John. 4 bust IN marble by Iinn da
Fissol IN excellent spe",il,-n II this muster,
aud -ant- ~ the iftenn h nn,I ,lxisnnih con.
- i.s In carved wood go,d specimens II
Freirl, and 81 Flemish prI.:in and lew pio, o.
Of l,irniturs. to .etier win llrue or rur ,h,ica
ps,sinn "arl"Is. Spoak only Of the old oh.
Az fnr the ricturos, they Do. not properly form
part ni ", c"lIoriion, ind u IT, not %" tllsit ~.
scum r. anxious to- s,~nd its money. Anon.
The OIL pictures Is u inrIraii attributed ~
Brr'nzlnn, and nnotler small p,r! rhit stil more
Alb"rl G"unil'r mnhcrn pictures 'lc most III.
trresting are 'inzcn pencil p,rtra,s " In
sii"rnie ronm"r,:'nI value. These tw eI
drawings nr- ceriainiy things To be covutsd.
The port r,.i' Of Ingres. when the ci cular nuts
!h mss'cr ri i'm "%ig Of G""l Ss
ll,nr'l l. "nr Of that artists hest works. re-
NJ. Gnnil pos e.sed many ara ex"eiecl works
AMI many are interesting as presents from
'"r ~ "' ,.,,,ns now N m. ,cs,,on y, III. y.s -,
the Ssr ~" 'lSup &c costi m BE- psri%.
Gnnril's Lifetime, II was eat mated object by
chase 2" bc. AMI The total estimate wins ,,I,,Ier
3nl.Nn francs. although at that time L in
e,ris,l the Dnnntello. the Tapestries. aud the
Intel brnnoi ~ the most favorable condition.
tie sum which tie wn,,lJ bc benencinrs II u the
Metropolitan Museum pro,"se am told. to
my; Ag'i the rensrn e. ohvipns: the choice
wI,ai remains Il. with lew exceptions. current
M cnhnu,se III TIC CURIOSITY anu Orlent6l
carpet trades.
The past experience NJ the Metropolitan Mu-
scum In the purchase n. hiOr OF collections
ought to- suffice to put the trustees on their
guard against repeating the error and lalIingH
prey to sly aud schenIny Europeans. What IL
needed by the Metrrp itnn Mii. a,im IL a bud.
get which would enable il to enter Into comre.
ti,inp with the Enropr"n museums ut the great
and 80 whenever the ocrnsi,n offered It c,Mfd
senL its con !dential representative to buy I'm
such ind such IN object. But to huv ,ippn bhDr
a third or fourth rate amateurs col ectiOn Ia
folly. What benefit would the MeI,Ol.,litan
Museum get out ~ the purclnse Of the Albert
Gonnil cO'lec'inn2 Snnie specimens Of Persian
carret-l There are inner rsrsinn velvet ear
nets In the pnssesston of the Vanderbilt family
and OF Mr. John Taylor Johnston. Mosque
iainps3 There are many specimens 81 I,rn.
carts work In New York iiN,,ses. Oil fmrni.
!nre3 There are only few ,ie-irnbls places In
million Of francs for the sake II n few objects
whch In the course Of tim" will inevitably
come separately under tho hammer.
THEODORE CHILD